Gaging the Need

RonGianti · #1 September 14th, 2006, 11:06 AM

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Black_Knyght said:

I'm not going to bail on SEIV and write it off just because a shiny new version with "ooh, aah, oh !" graphics comes out.

Good heavens why? If SEV is superior to SEIV in every way, why would we go back to SEIV? I would hardly call playing a game for an unheard of 6 solid years to be "writing it off". Please tell me you are NOT a beta tester. If you are, I'm very scared now....

Captain Kwok · #2 September 14th, 2006, 11:41 AM

SE:IV will continue to remain popular for some time because even though SE:V will be here shortly, it will take some time for the game to be polished to a similar degree and for new mods and shipsets to emerge. In time, SE:IV activity will diminish but I don't think it will go away as much as SE:III did.

Atrocities · #3 September 14th, 2006, 11:45 AM

RonGianti you might want to consider the possibility that you may not like SE V. It has been my experience that when you place too much "hope" into a single minded endevour, in this case SE V, that you are ultimately dissappointed.

I know from first hand experience that SE V and SE IV are differant enough games that both can still be played independantly of one another with equal enjoyment. I would hope that this would be true for you, but each is to own. Thanks for your opinion, it is a valid one and I appreciate it.

Jarena · #4 September 14th, 2006, 11:47 AM

I'll play it either way, but why not hold off and build it for SEV? I'm not a beta tester but it seems that you'd be able to do bigger and better things with the V.

Captain Kwok · #5 September 14th, 2006, 11:48 AM

My solution is to build both mods at once.

Atrocities · #6 September 14th, 2006, 12:00 PM

SE V, once released, will more or likely require a significant amount of modding time in order to produce a quality mod. And given the fact that many things will change over the course of then next few months following the release of SE V, modding the game so soon after its release might prove to be more of a waste of time early on.

Also modding SE V is not like modding SE IV. While you have far more modding options with SE V, modding SE V requires a significant dedication and pronounced effort.

As to making ship sets for SE V, it can be done with DOGA, but again texturing the models has proven to be a nightmare that I have yet been unable to overcome.

narf poit chez BOOM · #7 September 14th, 2006, 05:24 PM

I'd wait for SEV to come out, then choose which one to make the mod for. Right now, all you have is other peoples' opinions.

Suicide Junkie · #8 September 14th, 2006, 07:05 PM

I get the impression that you want to hardcode the ship designs in this mod... is that accurate?